Losing a chess game hurts. It certainly hurt me a lot in my professional days. Sometimes I needed days or weeks to recover mentally from a bad loss. For a while I thought this was just a “me” thing. That I was way too invested and couldn’t handle losses well. While...
This is an interview I have long waited to publish. I had the honor to talk to one of the most decorated (Junior) Coaches of the past 2 decades. Grandmaster Ramesh RB has Coached his students to more than 45(!!!) Gold Medals in World (Junior) Events, served as Coach...
Since starting this blog in March 2021, I learned a lot. Putting my thoughts into words has been a tremendous experience. I also got a lot of great feedback from my readers, which helped me to improve further. In this article, I will focus on the three biggest...
The holiday season at the end of the year is a great time to think about the coming year. Many people end this process by setting New Year Resolutions. I’m a big fan of planning things beforehand. This not only applies to Chess Training, but also to my life in...
Good Coaches help you improve. Great Coaches change the way you think about Chess. I was lucky enough to have some amazing Coaches during my Career. One of them was Grandmaster Iossif Dorfman. The name might ring a bell. Yes, I am talking of the Iossif Dorfman that...
Sadly, there are still a lot of Charlatans and get-rich-quick schemes in Online Chess improvement. They all have one thing in common: they try to make Chess improvement look very easy. Their marketing will suggest that buying their product or course will give you a...
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